September 2008: Jantze Studios's entry, "Mr Lux - At Your Service", has won three SILVER AWARDS in the 2008 Create Awards competition in the animated short, 2D/cell animation and original music categories. "The Norm Short" won an additional SILVER AWARD for excellence for in-house promotional work.
This year's entries spanned across the globe, and were judged by 20 leading professionals across eight creative industries. Only 361 awards were chosen out of the more than 1,500 entries. Winning pieces will be on display at Create Chaos 2008, a "create-a-palooza" bringing together 10 shows under one roof for creative professionals in all industries.
For more information on The Create Awards and Create Chaos, please visit www.createchaos.com.
The animated shorts can be viewed on the Animation page of Jantze.com. Or Contact us for more information.
Michael Jantze speaks at the Walt Disney Hometown ToonFest 2008
September 2008: Michael Jantze attended the Walt Disney Hometown ToonFest 2008 as a guest speaker and grand marshall in the town's parade. A friendly and over-the-top fun weekend was presented to Michael and the other honored guests by the coordinators and town citizens of Marceline, MO.
Other speakers were Dave Coverly, Jan Eliot, Greg Evans and Tom Richmond. Each speaker presented a chalk talk on their talents and careers in front of one-and-a-half packed audiences in the same Marceline Theatre where (grown up) Walt Disney gave a presentation in 1956. ToonFest is a yearly festival and it's not to be missed.
Jantze Studios uses Brand Narrative™ to help YouTube help its community
July 2008: Jantze Studios has created the first instructional cartoon
short for YouTube’s Community Support page using its patented Brand
Narrative™ formula.
The two-minute 2D animated short "The Birds and the Biz" was
written and directed by Michael Jantze, working with a YouTube liasion
team to craft a narrative that both entertains and informs. It's FAQtacular!
The project, culled from 10 scenarios, was completed in less than six weeks. In the style of their community, YouTube quietly released the video to its help page where it’s receiving 5-star acceptance.
Owned by Google, YouTube is one of
the fastest growing Web 2.0 communities. You might have heard of them.
Jantze Studios partners with businesses
to develop new media projects to create
Brand Narrative™, a non-direct, positive
association through humor, character
and story. Contact us for more information.
Jantze goes from syndication to the Cannes Film Festival in one leap
May 2008: Michael Jantze, creator of the internationally-syndicated comic strip "The Norm" had his first animated short accepted into the Short Film Corner at Festival de Cannes 2008.
"Mr. Lux: At Your Service", Jantze’s first animated short, was part of the Short Film Corner at Festival de Cannes 2008.
"Mr. Lux: At Your Service" is a fast ride of traditional animation utilizing both pencil to paper animation and the latest in computer software. A new character from Jantze, Mr. Lux is only happy when he delivers five-star service to his hotel guests.
Jantze’s script was brought to life by a story team consisting of himself, David Andrews and Kelly McNutt. Jantze created the layouts and designs as well as directed McNutt’s animation.
The four minute short can be viewed on the Animation page of Jantze.com. Or Contact us for more information.
Jantze Studios works with Waterland-Corp bring to innovative new media solutions
May 2008: Jantze Studios entered into an agreement with Waterland-Corp to market and promote Michael Jantze’s new media agency. Michael Jantze brings over 25 years of his unique award-winning talents in film, graphic design, journalism and cartooning to create new media solutions for myriad platforms and purposes through Brand Narrative™ and Audio Comics™.
Jantze Studios is nimble, visionary and unique with a true understanding of how creatives and businesses can partner for maximum effectiveness and profitability. Jantze Studios partners with businesses to develop new media projects including webisodes, shorts, features, frequently asked questions (FAQ’s), games, print collateral across multi-platform products. Each project allows both the business and Jantze studios to explore the new media frontier with a bottom line on effectiveness and fiscal responsibility. The end result is Brand Narrative™, a product that creates a non-direct, positive association with the brand’s identity through humor and adventure, character and story.
Waterland-Corp has worked in the new media space for the last ten years and brings technology and marketing skills, having worked in Interactive TV, streaming media, mobile, games and Web 2.0 applications. Waterland-Corp developed early interactive advertising and continues to champion the use of technology to improve and evolve marketing. Waterland-Corp works with entertainment, media and technology companies to gain market leadership. www.waterland-corp.com
Jantze Studios and Zits Partnership bring comic strips to life
Jantze Studios has signed with Zits Partnership, creators of the nationally syndicated comic strip "Zits", to develop three animation tests. The production will explore how to economically bring Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman’s strip to life for purposes of supporting sales and marketing efforts of books, online and new media content.
Since 2006, Jantze Studios has been developing a model for daily comic strip "episodes," 15 to 30 seconds in length, in the form of animated or motion graphic shorts to jump from the comic strip medium into new media markets.
JANTZE STUDIOS
partners with businesses to develop new media projects including webisodes, shorts, features, frequently asked questions (FAQ’s), games, print collateral, delivered across multiple platforms and to a variety of end user devices. Each project allows both the business and Jantze studios to explore the new media frontier with a bottom line on effectiveness and fiscal responsibility. The end result is Brand Narrative™, a product that creates a non-direct, positive association with the brand’s identity through humor and adventure, character and story.
